It has often been erroneously reported that the film was based on Mae West's scandalous 1926 stage play "Sex" (which found the star jailed for obscenity), but the only similarity to that play is the title.
Marlo Manners:
But I forgave him everything. He was such a wonderful director. Very much like Lubitsch. In fact they called him son of Lubitsch. At least that's what it sounded like.
Michael holds a glass in his left hand and grabs the champagne bottle from Dan with his right hand. When the camera cuts to another angle, the bottle and glass are in the opposite hands.
The Scorpion DVD release is in the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. All other DVD releases are open-matte 1.33:1.
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